“Squid Game” Season 3 finally jumps over the sharks. This is when it happened

Squid GameNetflix’s global phenomenon premiered its third and final seasons almost two weeks ago. You probably know this. By the way, you probably already watched all six episodes (and Maybe you feel this is how it should end). I admit I dropped the ball by staying up to date with the streamer’s dystopian juggernaut. Some big twists, bloody murders, what the story reveals are already hit the internet.

My excuse? Fatherhood. Yes, I sound like I’m using my daughter as a scapegoat here, but I can’t see my 6 year old child joining this gauntlet with player 456/Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-Jae) while in the room. So it was a bit on the back burner.

When I last wrote about the squid game at actual depth, Second season cliffhanger It was still in the hearts of all the fans. Questions about what the new game will look like, who will survive, how the climactic conflict between frontman (Lee Byung-Hun) and Gi-Hun will take place, and if the person who keeps raising the squid game is actively rocked by Jun-Ho (Wi ha-Joon) and his team.

But one thing I didn’t expect was to include my newborn baby in the mix. It was already established in Season 2 that Player 222 was pregnant. However, given the show’s sharp writing and the stakes of the ruthless story, it was thought that the series creator Hwang Dong Hyuk had held some horrible story choices to his sleeves for the final season.

Boy, I was wrong.

Spoiler warning: Please know there before I continue Major story spoilers It is featured below in Season 3 of Squid Game. If you’re reading this and haven’t finished the episode yet, come back now. Or, you know, don’t. That’s your choice. You do you, boo.

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The first episode of season 3, Keys and Knife waste no time and bring viewers back into the bloody insanity of the squid game world. Hide-and-seek is the first new game. Players with the Red Vest must either find and kill or eliminate the blue one within 30 minutes. Blue players should either hide or find the exit before the time goes on.

As you can imagine, the game was filled with tons of bloodshed, backstabs and drama. And in all of that, as the game progresses in Episode 2, on a starry night, player 222 becomes labor.

Before I get into all my problems with this story choice and what comes next, I need to give you Some backstory About me.

Assuming you read all of the above, you already know that I am a dad. My wife and I took childbirth classes in the year leading up to the birth of our daughter. I have learned that the American healthcare system lacks empathy and understanding in this field. Unlike what is depicted in the film, if a woman’s water breaks, it can take several hours or even days for a baby to be born.

Also, as you may know, newborns should be fed regularly – every two hours, they scream and cry and let you know if they are not punctual. And, as you can probably imagine, all of these feedings also frequently lead to diaper changes. There was a certain thing my wife had to go through her body to take care of our daughter, just as I showed up to provide support. This whole experience gave me a clear eye for how childbirth and parenting are portrayed in entertainment.

Let’s go back to the squid game as we’re speeding up. Player 222 gave birth to a baby girl who took her first breath and didn’t scream within ten minutes of her water breaking. It cried out, don’t misunderstand me. I think it was the best scream that a CGI baby could achieve. Nonetheless, it was the first indication that I might be watching a show that I don’t know anything about this subject.

It got worse since then. Aside from the fact that active trauma can put a woman’s body in combat mode and cause active (and natural) births, it gives birth to a more time-consuming, challenging process – for example, my wife was working for four days – I was suddenly watching the constant fear of killing the fact that they had the fact that they had a new life.

Understood. Baby is a symbol. It is a sign of human hope within the show’s greedy and classification theme. At the end of the tunnel, the audience must be given a light.

But just like when The Walking Dead introduced baby Judith to the mix, I was quickly taken out of things. My investment in the series took nose diving. Suddenly, it was clear that the baby would survive it all. And given that the crafty Dong Hyuk showed himself in the show’s big story twist, I began to have a sleazy doubt that the newborn would win the game… somehow.

To know that my predictions were correct, it brought me a strange combination of joy and disappointment. But honestly, I didn’t care anymore. As the season progressed, I saw the newborn’s diapers remain the same. I saw Player 222 and her barely old daughter slept peacefully all night.

I sat down and laughed at the pure notion that player 222 can stand up and walk after giving birth. Gi-Hun tied the toddler to his chest as GiHun ran through the jump rope of an incredible version of the show. Shaking baby syndrome Anyway, it was a confused choice. And after Player 222 decided to end her life and throw herself off the shelf, I raised my incredible hand that I was doubling this story choice.

I get it, this is a fictional series. Social satire. A bloody escape that has engulfed the world in a storm. Still, if you want to keep things grounded and incredible, you might do a bit of research before turning your CGI baby into a handy, misinformation tool. Even a scapegoat. Like I did it with my daughter early in this article. Just a thought.

now, David Fincher’s US spinoff I’m on the docket to keep this world alive. My advice? Don’t put babies in squid games. That’s all I ask.

Squid games are currently streaming entirely on Netflix.